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To: K-list
Recieved: 1999/09/21 01:03
Subject: Re: [K-list] seemingly stupid questions about K: the ego
From: Martin Thompson

On 1999/09/21 01:03, Martin Thompson posted thus to the K-list:

14:28:40 Mon, 20 Sep 1999
 at GCWein1111ATnospamaol.com writes:
> Yet, the eastern traditions talk about the ego in negative
>terms, as something that essentially must be overcome.

One point in addition to the opinions I've expressed elsewhere: I
suspect that some of the Eastern traditionalists are misunderstanding
the Western ego anyway: their descriptions of it sound more like that of
the negative Id (instinctual, grasping, etc.).
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Martin Thompson martinATnospamtucana.demon.co.uk
London, UK
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